Pidgin War-Song Of Bsi

Natives

LIEU T.-COLONEL John V. Mathers, of the Solomon Islands, who is at present in Queensland, says that when he was recently in the Russell Group of the ESI (Cape Marsh, to old hands) he found that the natives were singing a new song in Pidgin which was an interesting product of their own very close participation in the war. The Pidgin is peculiar to that place, and different from the Pidgin spoken elsewhere. Here is the song, as he transcribed it.

ME fly all about, along easti, along westi, Me senteri all aroundi, keep him o’Solomoni.

My worka looka looka, along landa alone sea, Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha-ha, ha-ha!

I amu air ford, me sina ’long him Because he big fighti, come along Japan!

Me look ’im one fella submarina diva downi.

Ha-ha, ha-ha, he kai-kai belong me!

Me fella coma downi, along my para chuti, Enemy shooti come, but miss all abouti I heari him come, but where me ’lone him.

Ha-ha, ha-ha, Japani, ha-ha!

Japani want to simash ’im, every island Pacifici; Amereeca simash ’im capitana Tokio You looka outa my friend, all mani kicki backi.

Me laugh along you, Japani,. ha-ha!

When the Rev. and Mrs. H. A. Brown (formerly Sister Anne Cole) of the LMS returned to Papua they spent a week with Rev. P. and Mrs. Chatterton in their missionary station at Delena before go ing on to their own station in Koaru the sub-station to Moru. They walked’ the forty miles _to their station, taking six days to do it, and staying with different missionary teachers at nights.